Fountain (disambiguation)

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A fountain is a source of water.

Fountain may also refer to:

Contents 1 Places 2 People 3 Arts 4 Other uses

• Soda fountain, carbonated drink dispenser
• Space fountain, proposed form of space elevator
• Musical fountain, animated fountain created by the effects of sound waves and laser against water
• Fountain of Youth, legendary spring that reputedly restores youth
• Fountain pen, writing instrument

[edit] Places

United States

• Fountain, Colorado
• Fountain, Indiana, unincorporated town
  • Fontanet, Indiana, also known as Fountain
• Fountain County, Indiana
• Fountain, Michigan
• Fountain, Minnesota
• Fountain, North Carolina
• Fountain, Wisconsin
• Fountain Hill (disambiguation), several places
• Fountain Square, Cincinnati, city square in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Fountain Valley, California

Canada

• Fountain, British Columbia, home to the Fountain First Nation

United Kingdom

• Fountainhall in the Scottish Borders

[edit] People

• Albert Jennings Fountain (1838–1896), lawyer, Indian fighter, and Republican politician in Texas
• Pete Fountain (born 1930), New Orleans clarinetist

[edit] Arts

• Fountain (Duchamp), artwork by Marcel Duchamp
• The Fountain (film), 2006 film directed by Darren Aronofsky
  • The Fountain (graphic novel), based on Aronofsky's original screenplay for the film
• The Fountain (play), by Eugene O'Neill

[edit] Other uses

• Fountain First Nation, British Columbia, Canada
• Fountain (juggling), juggling pattern in which the objects are not thrown between the hands
• Fountains Abbey, ruined Cistercian monastery in Yorkshire, England
• Fountains Fell, mountain in North Yorkshire, England
• A roundel with wavy blue and white stripes in heraldry